ALBANY -- Three city men pistol-whipped a store convenience store clerk, tied him up in the back of the store and the stole goods and cash, police said.

Around 7 p.m. on Oct. 29, Samba Diallo, Deng Mathayo and Ashraf Abdallah entered Moura's Discount Grocery at 381 S. Pearl St., police said. One of the men was allegedly waving a handgun.

They hit the clerk in the head with the gun, broke a bottle over his head, dragged him to the back of the store and tied him up, Officer Steve Smith said. The trio then stole cash and merchandise and ran away, he said.

Diallo, 21, of Ontario Street, Mathayo, 21, of Partridge Street, and Abdallah, of North Lake Avenue, were each charged with felony robbery and sent to Albany County jail after arraignment in City Court.